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US Unemployment Rate

US Unemployment Rate 6 June 2025

US Unemployment Rate 6 June 2025: 4.2% for May 2025, in line with the forecast and unchanged from 4.2% in April 2025. It was released on Fri 6 Jun 2025 at 12:30 UTC (8:30 AM ET).

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
4.2%
May 2025
Forecast
4.2%
The market consensus
Previous
4.2%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: An expected rate often leaves the dollar focused on payrolls and wages.

US Unemployment Rate 6 June 2025: 4.2% for May 2025 against a 4.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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US Unemployment Rate 6 June 2025: 4.2% vs 4.2% forecast (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/us-unemployment/2025-06-06

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
6 Jun 2025May4.2%4.2%4.2%
2 May 2025Apr4.2%4.2%4.2%
4 Apr 2025Mar4.2%4.1%4.1%
7 Mar 2025Feb4.1%4%4%
7 Feb 2025Jan4%4.1%4.1%
10 Jan 2025Dec4.1%4.2%4.2%
6 Dec 2024Nov4.2%4.2%4.1%
1 Nov 2024Oct4.1%4.1%4.1%
4 Oct 2024Sep4.1%4.2%4.2%
6 Sep 2024Aug4.2%4.2%4.3%
2 Aug 2024Jul4.3%4.1%4.1%
5 Jul 2024Jun4.1%4%4%
The release before:US Unemployment Rate 2 May 2025The release after:US Unemployment Rate 3 July 2025US Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar